by - May 20, 2026 4:03 pm
For Andrew Meyer, the Fort Smith Regional Airport director hired in September 2025 to lead the third-largest commercial airport in Arkansas, he always knew he would build a career in…
by - May 15, 2026 4:07 pm
Commercial traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up 1.36% in April, and is up less than 1% in the first four months of 2026 compared with the…
by - March 20, 2026 8:13 am
A rising number of Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements has resulted in American Airlines using larger planes at the airport and planning to add an extra flight during the summer,…
by - February 12, 2026 11:34 am
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were up almost 2% in January despite several days of severe winter weather disrupting air travel nationwide. The January gain follows a 1.56%…
by - January 14, 2026 2:40 pm
After a slow start in which traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was down 4.4% following the first four months of 2025, the remainder of the year was…
by - December 10, 2025 5:10 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Commissioner Eric Pendergrass believes the airport is close to signing an Airport Joint Use Agreement (AJUA) with the U.S. Air Force that details fiscal and physical…
by - November 5, 2025 2:38 pm
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport got off to a slow start in 2025, but the traffic has improved in recent months with September traffic up almost 18% and…
by - October 8, 2025 12:24 pm
After a nationwide search, the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission hired airport employee Andrew Meyer as airport director. He succeeds Michael Griffin who resigned April 22, and Meyer’s first day…
by - October 6, 2025 11:32 am
August enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were up almost 2% in August, but traffic out of the airport between January and August continues to trail activity from the…
by - August 25, 2025 12:14 pm
Four candidates are on the Fort Smith Regional Airport director short list to be interviewed by the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission in early September. One of the candidates is…
by - July 23, 2025 2:17 pm
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport is down in the first half of 2025, but the airport finished May and June with a more than 3% gain in…
by - June 11, 2025 9:19 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission is putting experience in working with the military and building relationships at the top of their list of qualifications for a new airport director….
by - May 5, 2025 5:02 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission hopes to have a director hired within six months, but a focus on finding “character and integrity” in a person to help lead the…
by - April 30, 2025 2:47 pm
March traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up slightly compared with March 2024, but traffic numbers for the first quarter of the year are down almost 2%…
by - April 22, 2025 9:09 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director Michael Griffin resigned Tuesday (April 22). His resignation was announced following a more than 90 minute Airport Commission executive session. Griffin, director since 2017, was…
by - January 23, 2025 1:29 pm
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport increased in 2024 compared with 2023, but the numbers are still well below pre-pandemic trends. Traffic at the airport also fell more than…
by - December 12, 2024 11:56 am
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport between January and November totaled 56,430, up 1.3% compared with traffic in the same period of 2023. November traffic was down almost 7%…
by - August 9, 2024 10:23 am
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements between January and July totaled 35,636, up 3.4% compared with traffic in the same period of 2023. However, July traffic was down more than 8%…
by - May 14, 2024 9:50 am
The traffic trend continues to be positive at the Fort Smith Regional Airport in early 2024 after a disappointing 2023. Airport enplanements through April total 18,745, up 7.6% compared with…
by - April 15, 2024 3:12 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic is up in the first two months of 2024, reversing a traffic trend that saw enplanements dip almost 2% in 2023. It’s a trend improvement…
